SMOOTH-CRESTED LIZARD. 



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outline: the scales on the whole animal are very 

 small: the tail long, and the toes, as in some 

 other lizards, somewhat dilated on each side to- 

 wards their extremities. The colour of the animal 

 is blue. It is a native of South America. 



VAR. ? 



Lacerta bimaculata. L. cauda mrinata denticulata, corpore dnplo 

 longiore, digitis palmarum plantarumque lobatis. Sparm, Nov, 

 Act Stock. 3. ^. 4. Un, Syst, Nat. Gmel. p. 1059- 



This is, according to Mr, Schneider, no other 

 than a variety of the Principalis^ of a blue colour, 

 spotted here and there with black, and having two 

 larger spots of that colour over the shoulders. It 

 is a native of St. Eustatia, and is also met with in 

 Pensylvania. It is said to have a hissing or whist- 

 ling voice. 



VAR. ? 



Le Roquet. Cepede ovip, p. 397. pl^ 27. 



This appears much allied to the Principalis, 

 which it resembles in size and habit, as well as in 

 having the last joints of the toes somewhat en- 

 larged or lobed on each side, but is destitute of 

 the gular crest. In its manners it is said to re- 

 semble the European green lizard, frequenting 

 gardens, among trees, &c. moving nimbly about, 

 and commonly holding its tail in an elevated po- 

 sition, curving over its back. It feeds on the 



